What's your full name?
Robert, Anthony Lewis
When is your birthday?
16th July 1962
What do you look like?
This
Where do you live?
Here, on a 7 acre smallholding near Rhayader in Mid Wales
Who lives with you?
Timothy aged 18 and Rhydian aged 15 (sons), Tracey (wife), Dusty (cat), Alison and Jenny (chickens), 2 hives of bees and a couple of fields of sheep.
Have you a particular vice?
I've got one in my workshop, but apart from that, eating too much cheese or playing music when I should be working.
Have you a particular virtue?
Perseverence, patience when people phone me up with computer queries (but only in this aspect!)
Have you any ambitions?
To write a book for older children (and get it published)
What's your favourite colour?
Green
What's your favourite food?
Cheese. Every kind that exists, even the smelly ones.
What's your favourite word?
Machynlleth
What's your favourite smell?
Vanilla Pods
Which was your favourite book when you were young?
Stag Boy by William Rayner
Which is your favourite book now?
Any book by Robert Westall
Have you got a favourite TV programme?
Jonathan Creek and Scooby Doo (the old episodes from about 1970)
What was your most thrilling moment?
Steering 'The Marques' tall ship around Land's End. Unfortunately it sank near Bermuda in 1984 but that had nothing to do with me, honest.
What would you have done if you hadn't been an author?
Archaeology if I'd passed more exams, forestry if I'd had more energy, a musician if I'd had more talent.
What are your hobbies?
Making music and my own cds, gardening, eating cheese.
Do you visit schools and libraries?
Yes, I work with children from nursery up to Year 6 all over the UK. Click Here for details.
